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On a day when Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav launched the high speed wireless Wi-Fi internet service in Hazratganj market, he said it was one of the ways to empower the state with speed. Wi-Fi will give high-speed data connectivity to around 1,700 people at a time in Hazratganj.

After PSU banks, the government is likely to infuse capital in two chronically ill telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL, and the Union Cabinet is likely to take a decision on 4G spectrum allocation to them by the third week of the current month after DoT places the note before it for consideration.

At a high-level meeting at the PMO late Tuesday, it was also decided that the two telcos will frame a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to reduce their employee strength, which will be followed by a reduction in the retirement age to 58.